The judges will look for the competitors’ degree of perfection for perfect symmetry, overall muscular development as each muscle group relates to the total appearance, as well as the degree of body fat and water retention. The most outstanding competitor receives a score of one (1).

Symmetry Round

Side to side, are the left side and right side proportionate to one another. Standing on balls of feet gripping floor with toes. Elbows out, hips back slightly, chest held high. Are the quads in proportion to the hamstrings. Are the calves in proportion to the upper leg. Both feet on floor, elbow turned in, looking straight ahead, no twisting and no bringing right shoulder around.

Top to bottom. Is the lower body in proportion to the upper body. Is there an evenness of development. Stay tight from top to bottom. Keep the fingers tucked under. Is the tricep in proportion to the bicep. Is the back in proportion to the chest. Are the arms in proportion to the legs. Chest held high, keep abs vacuumed, and stay in position, don’t move around or flex.

Muscularity Round

This is the mandatory posing round, the class shall remain in the line up facing the judges. The head judge shall call out each pose on the official list of mandatory poses. Judges may shift the order of the line up for the comparisons. The official mandatory pose list is arranged to follow the series of quarter turns to the competitors’ right. The judges will view the competitors body part by body part, and will look for the degree of hardness, the muscle separation and definition or cuts, the striations and relationship of each body part to its adjacent components. At the end of the mandatory poses round, each judge should define a summation of each competitors total ranking as to the degree of perfection of the development of each body part in comparison to all other competitors in the class. The most outstanding competitor receives a score of one (1).

FRONT DOUBLE BICEP– Fingers tucked under, position elbows even with shoulders or slightly above. Lats down and out to keep width. Feet positioned heels together toes pointed at 45 degrees, one foot to side or one foot forward.

SIDE CHEST – Set leg by spiking calf. Bring right arm into bicep with palm up. Grasp wrist of right arm with left hand. Bring left shoulder around slightly squeezing the chest. Don’t bring shoulder too far around. Keep upper and lower body tight. Keep chest high and abs vacuumed. Bend right hand back and out.

SIDE TRICEP – Bring right foot around exposing hamstring and calf. Expose tricep bringing palm down of left hand and pulling up with right hand. Slightly rotate at waist to show all judges. Keep abs vacuumed.

REAR LAT SPREAD – Extend left leg back, spiking the calf. Start with thumbs in center of lower back and bring the hands slowly around waist bringing out the lat flare. Keep chest high and abs vacuumed. Do not bring shoulders up. Don’t bring elbows and shoulders too far forward or you will loose the width and your back will look rounded.

REAR DOUBLE CALF RAISE – Set your upper body in the pose that is most comfortable for you. Point toes straight ahead. Raise up on your toes two or three times pumping the calves. Hold on the third time staying high on your toes. Keep both the upper body and lower body tight.

HANDS BEHIND HEAD ABDOMINAL– Set lower body by bringing leg of your choice forward and flexing. While bringing hands up and behind head, slowly fill your lungs with air. With lungs full of air, hands behind head and chest fully expanded, slowly release the air pulling slightly forward on head and slightly crunching down on the abs. Tighten abs and release all the air. Don’t bend too far forward and create skin folds.

LEFT LEG FORWARD FLEX & ROTATE – Set upper body by placing your hands on hips. Flare lats to keep width and roll shoulders slightly forward to squeeze chest. Extend leg keeping it flexed and tight while slowly rotating so judges can see all angles.

RIGHT LEG FORWARD FLEX & ROTATE– Same as with the left leg. Remember to keep upper body tight. Look at the judges and not your leg.

CRAB MOST MUSCULAR – Set lower body by extending leg of your choice. Bring the traps up and forward, squeeze the chest and flex the biceps all in one motion. set the pose and hold it. Don’t bend too far forward.

HANDS ON HIPS MOST MUSCULAR – Mandatory for women and an optional pose for men. Set lower body by extending and flexing leg of your choice. Place hands high on hips with fingers pointed down. Slide hands down along hips just a bit as you set the pose. At same time, flare lats and roll shoulders slightly forward squeezing the chest.

INTERCOSTAL WITH TWISTED CRUNCH – Set leg by spiking calf. Place right hand on left side of head and left hand on left hip. Twist at the waist and at the same time as you come around to the judges, crunch down to flex serratus/intercostal.

HAMSTRING – In this case it is the right hamstring pose. Set the upper body in a pose that you are comfortable with. While maintaining your balance, flex and pump the hamstring.

Free Style Posing (Posing Routine)

The individual free style posing round is designed for the competitor to highlight his/her most favorable development in the fashion of their favorite poses and should be choreographed to music of the competitors choosing. Music should be in good taste. In the free style posing round, each competitor takes the stage alone and performs for a period of 60 seconds. NANBF national events limit free style posing to 60 seconds. Mixed pairs competitors may pose free style for up to three minutes. The judges will look for the competitors ability to display his/her most favorable part as well as the ability to favorably present his/her weak parts.